Westfield Athenaeum Library
Websites
Recommended Websites by Subject
- Automobiles
NADA
Kelly Blue Book Values
Books/ Reading
- Directory of Book Reviews on the Web
- Poets and Poems
- Folklore and Mythology
- Project Gutenberg
- If you like murder mysteries
- Similar authors or genres, try one of these sites http://www.selco.info/winona/ifyoulike.html
http://www.waterborolibrary.org/bklistif.htm - http://www.kpl.org/fyl_you_like.shtml
- What book is next in a series
Business Directories
- AT&T Directories to find businesses and people in the U.S
- Big Book U.S. Business on-line.
- Canada411 to find businesses or people in Canada.
- Thomas Industrial Network -U.S Industrial products and services
- See IPL’s site for more Business Directories
Demographics
Dictionaries
- American Sign Language Dictionary
- allwords.com dictionary definitions are in English; has the ability to search for a word in English, French, German, Dutch, Italian, and Spanish.
- Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary The search engine supports wildcards & right-hand truncation; pronunciation guide is included.
- Wordsmyth Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus offers several kinds of searches, including searches for synonyms and similar words, and searching definitions to find a word.
- Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms
- The Phrase Finder for phrases, sayings, and idioms.
- Tiscali Reference Phrase Books for German, French, Italian, and Spanish.
- WriteExpress Online Rhyming Dictionary -An online rhyming dictionary.
French Dictionary
Spanish Dictionary
Russian Dictionary
Health
- Merck Manual On-line Home Edition
- Health Finder
- RX List: The Internet Drug Index
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
History
- History Central Catalog –search by continents, eras, or topics
- CARRIE- a full text on-line library of history books
Geneaology
Government
- White House Home Page
- House of Representatives
- U.S. Senate
- Legislation- bills, laws, Congressional voting records
- Supreme Court
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Social Security Administration
Law Resources
- American Law Sources On-line
- FindLaw
- Famous Trials
- U.S. Code
- Westfield’s Municipal Code
- Westfield’s City Solicitor
Newspapers
- Free Newspapers on line
- Free Newspapers by Area
Recipes
Stock Prices
- Big Charts- search stock prices from past to present.
- Wall Street Journal
Tax
